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10 Steps To Take Before Launching a WordPress W...

10 Steps To Take Before Launching a WordPress Website

Are you planning on launching a new site? Every day thousands of new sites appear and it's important for your site to stand out.
We went over things you need to do before launching in order to have a successful site. We discussed tools you can use to test your new site, optimize it for speed, secure from hackers, and we went over some frequently missed but important details.

Irina Blumenfeld

February 10, 2018
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  1. 10 STEPS TO DO BEFORE LAUNCHING A NEW WEBSITE Irina

    Blumenfeld @irinablumenfeld #wporl
  2. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 2. REDIRECT PAGES ▸ mysite.com/our-products/super-cool-product ▸

    mysite.com/products/supercoolproduct ▸ Redirection - WordPress plugin ▸ .htaccess
  3. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 3. OPTIMIZE IMAGES ▸ tinypng.com ▸

    kraken.io ▸ EWWW Image Optimizer - Free WordPress Plugin ▸ Compress JPG and PNG WordPress Plugin
  4. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 4. ACTIVATE CACHING ▸ Managed Hosting

    Caching ▸ WP Rocket - Premium Plugin ▸ WP Super Cache - Free Plugin by Automattic
  5. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 7. TEST, TEST, TEST ▸ Forms

    ▸ E-Commerce Transactions ▸ Mobile/Tablets ▸ Social Sharing
  6. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 7. TEST, TEST, TEST Facebook Share

    Preview - https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
  7. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 9. SECURE YOUR SITE ▸ Wordfence

    WordPress Plugin ▸ Don’t leave Admin username
  8. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 10 STEPS BEFORE LAUNCHING A NEW

    SITE 1. Check for broken links 2. Redirect pages 3. Optimize images 4. Activate caching 5. Activate SSL 6. Add favicon 7. Test 8. Install Google Analytics 9. Secure the site 10.Set up backups